1 . Charles George Courtney was a British tourist. He stayed at the Korumar Hotel DLuxe in Aydin, Turkey, every year for
Taskin Dasdan, who has worked as a bellboy(宾馆的行李员)in the hotel for 31years, struck up a
We,
When Charles
“He treated us as if we were part of his own
But never in his wildest dreams did Taskin think he would get a
Although the exact amount of money left to Taskin is
A.vacation | B.advertisement | C.performance |
A.quarrel | B.friendship | C.competition |
A.find | B.question | C.treat |
A.So | B.However | C.Therefore |
A.loved | B.ignored | C.hated |
A.package | B.suitcase | C.money |
A.returned | B.died | C.hid |
A.shocked | B.pleased | C.moved |
A.considerable | B.little | C.whole |
A.specially | B.hardly | C.especially |
A.team | B.family | C.class |
A.brought out | B.sent away | C.contributed to |
A.ticket | B.call | C.passport |
A.tourist | B.cyclist | C.violinist |
A.uncertain | B.unpopular | C.unknown |
2 . A young mother said she was brought to tears after witnessing a little boy’s act of kindness in a restaurant.
Sophie Crehan, 24, said she had taken her children to a
“They have a little children’s play area there. I was on the
“There was a little boy who stood next to me
Sophie went back to her
He said, “I’ve just
“I said ‘you don’t need to do that’ and he said ‘no, no, I’ve won it’,” Sophiere called. I was nearly
Sophie said the boy was around 10 years old.
I saw him go back to his table
His parents asked, “What’s happened?” So I
A.park | B.restaurant | C.school |
A.treat | B.break | C.march |
A.washing | B.grabbing | C.sewing |
A.hardly | B.narrowly | C.really |
A.succeeded | B.failed | C.left |
A.criticizing | B.letting | C.watching |
A.turn | B.fault | C.lesson |
A.house | B.table | C.car |
A.holding | B.selling | C.asking |
A.found | B.bought | C.won |
A.in surprise | B.in tears | C.in peace |
A.which | B.when | C.where |
A.took | B.found | C.lost |
A.lent | B.gave | C.showed |
A.praised | B.explained | C.interviewed |
3 . Wudang Mountain is in Shiyan City, Hubei Province.
By Air
There is no direct flight to Mt. Wudang Scenic Area. But flights from some big cities such as Beijing, Guangzhou and Xi’an can reach to the Laohekou Airport (90km from Wudang Mountain), Xiangfan Airport (180km from Wudang Mountain), and Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (500km from Wudang Mountain). The nearest airport is in Shiyan, which is only one hour away, but officially the airport is also known as Shiyan Wudangshan Airport.
No. 316 national high way and No. 209 national high way go through Wudang District. And people can take a bus to Wudang Mountain from Shiyan, Danjiangkou, Xiangyang, or Wuhan.
By Train
Inside Wudang Mountain there is a superb shuttle bus transport system.
A.By Bus |
B.You can get to all the major tourist spots by bus |
C.There is a direct train from Wuhan to Shiyan |
D.And flights from Wuhan, Guangzhou, Lanzhou, Shanghai are common |
E.Land transport to reach there is more convenient and developed, by rail or road |
Shanxi Party chief has owed the
The past decade has marked a watershed (分水岭) in the province’s development, as its coal-based economy—still a key driver and accounting for 29.2 percent of national coal production last year—becomes increasingly powered by different economic engines, including industries such as the manufacture of
By making improvements to
At present, Shanxi produces 34.46 percent of its electricity from wind, solar energy and other non-fossil sources, and
A. was B. businessmen C. and D. from E.an H. which F. traveling G. central J. heard I. greatest |
Wuhan is a city with both an ancient history
Starting here,
The uprising voice of the Revolution of 1911 was
6 . Harekala Hajabba started out as an orange vendor (摊贩) in India and quickly became an educational hero, using his earnings to build a school in his home village in order provide education for the children living there.
Hajabba, now in his 60s, grew up in a village named New pada pu in India. Growing he was poor and didn’t receive school education. While working as an orange vendorup, an English-speaking customer asked him for the price of his oranges. Hajabba was unable to understand what the customer was saying because he didn’t know any English. Wishing that he had enjoyed the opportunity to receive an education, he decided at that moment to devote his earnings to building a school for the children growing up in his home village.
Hajabba contributed some 5,000 rupees raised from selling his oranges, with the rest of the funding coming from the government and other donors that he had reached out to for help. Financial limits didn’t prevent orange vendor Harekala Hajabba from building a school for poor children. His contribution towards education has earned him the PadmaShri award. After the first school was built in 2001 and in response to the abundance (大量) of students, a second school was built close by in 2012.
In the future, Hajabba hopes to expand his effort seven further. His next endeavor will be trying to build a pre-university college.
1. What happened when Hajabba sold oranges?A.He made a foreigner angry. |
B.A British customer hurt him deeply. |
C.He couldn’t communicate with a foreigner. |
A.He had earned more money. |
B.There were more students. |
C.An award inspired him. |
A.Attempt. | B.Base. | C.Glory. |
A.An Orange Vendor Got Padma Shri Award |
B.Harekala Hajabba Is Well Received in India |
C.Orange Vendor Becomes an Educational Hero |
7 . You may never be in an emergency situation(紧急情况). But if it happens, you should know how to get help. The telephone book in the United States has emergency numbers on the inside front cover.
Look at the following table from the Boston telephone book. Notice that the numbers for the police and the fire department(消防处) are the same. And it is an easy number to remember.
If you are too unhappy or excited to remember any numbers at all, you can simply dial(拨打) “0” for an operator(接线员) in any emergency situation.
1. What number do you dial if you see a fire in Boston?
A.911. | B.876-5800. | C.482-5252. | D.223-6978. |
A.911. | B.023-1500. | C.223-6978. | D.025-4774. |
A.911. | B.645-1212. | C.025-4774. | D.482-5252. |
A.the doctor | B.an ambulance | C.the police | D.the fire department |
A.The police. | B.The doctor. | C.The fire department. | D.The operator. |
8 . The following are the best-of-the-best stories to finish before you turn 17.
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
A plane full of teen beauties is headed to the girls’ biggest contest ever until their plane crashes. Stuck on a deserted island, they all struggle to stay alive. But holding onto their attractive, high-end lifestyles will definitely get in their way.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
This story is all about high school girl Meg Murry who’s trying to bring her dad back home. The first in a four-book series, Meg meets a stranger one night who informs her of a tesseract(宇宙魔方) that will help her travel through dimensions. Along with her brother Charles and her friend Calvin, they travel to find out what exactly happened to MrMurry and take him back to their reality.
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Like the movie, it tells the story of two teenagers trying to live their lives to the fullest, even though their time is limited.
1. What's the teens’ aim on the plane?A.To enter a contest. | B.To visit an island. | C.To improve life. |
A.A stranger. | B.Charles. | C.Calvin. |
A.Beauty Queens. | B.A Wrinkle in Time. | C.The Fauilt in Our Stars. |
1. What is the man doing?
A.Complaining about Anne’s behavior. |
B.Asking for the woman’s assistance. |
C.Giving the woman suggestions. |
A.Impolite. | B.Friendly. | C.Unconcerned. |
A.Write a report. | B.Send a form. | C.Talk with Dave. |
People often talk about the “walls” that some individuals build around themselves. I was one of those individuals. Long after I divorced and became a single parent, I still wore my wedding ring. Maybe it was because I didn’t want anyone to know that I had failed at something in my life. Wearing that ring helped me pretend that everything was okay.
You think that people can’t see through those kinds of walls. But they do. They just know enough not to let you know that they see you are pretending. One day at work, however, pretending didn’t come that easily. I was on my coffee break with colleagues. Then my cell phone rang and the garage boss told me loudly the car repairs would come to $850. I looked worried. I needed that car to hold down my present job. Without it, I would have to walk fourteen miles to and from work in North Bay. I felt sick. I didn’t have a credit card, and I certainly couldn’t call the $28 in my bank account “savings”. But every problem has a solution, and in my case that meant I had to ask someone else for something—even if it was only a lift downtown after work. Luckily, my colleague Jane volunteered to give me a ride to the garage after work.
I spent the rest of the afternoon trying to come up with bright ideas about how to pay my garage bill. I figured I could borrow $200 from my mom and pay her back at a rate of $2.50 a week. I thought of what I had at home that I could live without and therefore sell. I finally decided the best I could do was to offer to type up invoices (发票) for the garage.
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When Jane dropped me at the garage that evening, the owner asked me to step into his office.
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Before I could say anything, he added, “People who you work with have been coming in here all afternoon.”
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